Exodus 17

1 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

2 So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

4 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

8 After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

10 Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

12 When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

13 So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

15 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

16 “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

1 ¶ And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

8 ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses' hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.

1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel went out of the wilderness of Sin their days' journey, as the LORD commanded them, and pitched in Raphidim. And the people had no water to drink.

2 And they quarreled with Moses, and said: Pray us water, that we may drink. And Moses said unto them: Why do ye quarrel with me? Why tempt ye the LORD?

3 And when the people thirsted there for water, they murmured against Moses, and said: Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, that thou hast caused us and our children and our cattle to die of thirst?

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, How shall I do with the people? It lacketh not far, they shall stone me yet.

5 And the LORD said unto him, Go before the people, and take with thee certain elders of Israel; and take thy rod in thine hand, that thou mayest smite the waters, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand there before thee upon a rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall run out, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the elders of Israel.

7 And the place was called Massa and Meribah, because of the strife of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the LORD, saying: Is the LORD among us, or not?

8 And Amalek came and fought against Israel in Raphidim.

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us men, go forth, and fight against Amalek: to morrow I will stand upon the top of the hill, and have the rod of God in mine hand.

10 And Joshua did as Moses told him, to fight against Amalek. And Moses, and Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill.

11 And when Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed: but when he put down his hands, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses' hands were heavy: therefore they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat upon it. And Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands remained stiff until the sun went down.

13 And Joshua smote Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this in a book for a memorial, and command it in the ears of Joshua: for I will cut him off from under heaven, and he shall be remembered no more.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called his name, The LORD Nissi.

16 For he said, It is a sign by the throne of the LORD, that the LORD will fight against Amalek from child to child.